Nissan Frontier Complaints

3,364 consumer complaints on file.

#10725067June 12, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A LOUD VIBRATING OR SHUDDERING SOUND AT SPEEDS AROUND 35-40 MPH. IT SEEMED TO HAPPEN AS I STOPPED ACCELERATING AS IF IT WERE TRYING TO UP-SHIFT FOR CRUISING. THE SOUND BEGAN TO GET LOUDER OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE I COULD GET IT CHECKED OUT. IT NOW HAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME SHIFTING AT THOSE SPEEDS AND WHEN IT DOES SHIFT, IT'S HARD AND MAKES A LOUD KNOCK SOUND. IT THEN BEGAN TO RUN HOT ONE DAY SO AFTER IT COOLED I CHECK THE COOLANT LEVEL AND FOUND THAT IT HAD A LIGHT BROWN, MILKY LOOKING SUBSTANCE WHICH FELT OILY. I'VE RECENTLY DISCOVERED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM EXPLAINING THAT IT IS CAUSE BY THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID MIXING AND DAMAGING EACH COMPONENT.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724701June 11, 2015
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH NO IMPACT - NO REASON IN MARCH OF 2014. SAME EXACT THING OCCURRED AGAIN IN NOVEMBER OF 2014. NISSAN TOOK RESPONSIBILITY + HAD ITEMS REPAIRED, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHY THIS IS REPEATEDLY HAPPENING + I'M AFRAID OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN!
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724463June 10, 2015
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RADIATOR, TRANSMISSION, AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724593June 10, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
ENGINE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND VICE VERSA
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10723649June 5, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BOUGHT A USED 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW CAB AT HYUNDAI OF ROSEVILLE, CA A YEAR AND HALF AGO ON JAN 2014 AND THEY NEVER DISCLOSE TO ME THAT THIS CAR WAS KNOWN FOR COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND EVENTUALLY DESTROYING IT. AFTER BUYING THIS, I ONLY DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 8,000 MILES AND THIS PROBLEM HITS ME JUNE 2015. I BOUGHT IT FOR $12,500 AND STILL OWE $8,000. THE COSTS TO REPAIR THIS ACCORDING TO NISSAN WOULD COSTS ME $7,500. I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR $1,200, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THIS IS A "KNOWN PRE-EXISTING PROBLEM OR DEFECT BY THE MANUFACTURER." SO, THIS USED FRONTIER WOULD COSTS ME OVER $20,000 WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT THE NEW ONES ARE GOING FOR. THIS IS TERRIBLE AND I NEED SOME KIND OF JUSTICE. EITHER NISSAN, THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THIS FROM AND OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY NEED TO PAY FOR THIS. NISSAN SHOULD PAY BECAUSE THIS WAS A KNOWN MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM SHOULD ALSO PAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DISCLOSE OF THIS KNOWN DEFECT. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY CALLED BUY DIRECT AUTO WARRANTY SHOULD HAD NOT OFFER ME A WARRANTY KNOWING THAT CAN'T PAY FOR THIS KIND OF REPAIR. THEY SHOULD EITHER PAY FOR THE REPAIR OR GIVE ME A FULL REFUND. I NEED JUSTICE!!!
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10723715June 5, 2015
ENGINE
THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY NISSAN AND THEY NEVER NOTIFIED US. IF WE HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE RADIATOR LEAK WE WOULD HAVE FIXED IT AND WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. WE CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP PAY FOR THIS SO WE WERE STUCK WITH PAYING OVER $5000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10723445June 4, 2015
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SUSPENSION
WHEN I GOT OUT OF COLLEGE THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO BUY MY DREAM CAR. I HAD BEEN LOOKING INTO GETTING A TRUCK AND I WAS DEBATING BETWEEN MY NUMBER ONE CHOICE A NISSAN FRONTIER OR 2ND CHOICE TOYOTA TACOMA. I KNEW THE TACOMA WAS PROBABLY MORE RELIABLE IN TERMS OF MINOR PARTS YET I JUST LOVED THE DESIGN OF THE FRONTIER AND THEREFORE I BOUGHT ONE IN 2006 BRAND NEW. EVER SINCE IT HAS BEEN MY PREFERRED AND ONLY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION. I KNEW THAT MAINTAINING IT WAS IMPERATIVE THEREFORE WHEN IT CAME TO AN OIL CHANGE, CHANGE OF SUSPENSION TRUSTS, TRANSMISSION SERVICE, CHANGE OF SPARK PLUGS; IT WAS ALL DONE AT THE PROPER TIME. YET MY TRUCK STARTED GIVING ME ISSUES 4 MONTHS AGO WHEN IT WOULD SHAKE OR SHIMMER ON ROAD AND FREEWAY. DID SEVERAL TIRE ROTATIONS, DID SUSPENSION CHANGE, YET THE ISSUE STILL PERSISTED. IT ALL CAME DOWN TO A SCREECHING HALT WHEN I WAS GOING UP TO SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK FOR A HIKE WITH FRIENDS. MY FRONTIER ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED LOOSING POWER AND THEN THE GEARS WOULD JUST NOT CHANGE. EVENTUALLY MY 'ENGINE SERVICE SOON' APPEARED AND WAS FORCED TO STOP OUR TRIP. HAD TO HIRE A TOW TRUCK TO BRING DOWN THE TRUCK AND UPON SCANNING I GOT A P1759 CODE. UPON RESEARCHING I COME TO FIND OUT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH NOT ONLY THIS LINE OF TRUCK BUT ALSO XTERRA AND TITAN BRANDS. YOU CANNOT BELIEVE MY DISAPPOINTMENT. IF IT WERE SOMETHING SIMPLE I WOULDN'T MIND BUT TRANSMISSION?!? REALLY?!? BECAUSE OF SOMEBODIES' MISTAKE WHEN IT CAME TO THE ENGINEERING OF THE TRUCK?!? AND TO FIND OUT NISSAN IS JUST IGNORING THE ISSUE. TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT AND FRUSTRATION! NOW I HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR SWEET GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION SINCE THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A MAJOR CORPORATION IRRESPONSIBILITY AND ULTIMATELY.... GREED. BE WARNED ALL FRONTIER DRIVERS, YOUR TIME WILL COME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722818June 1, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TRANS SLIPS ON AND OFF (SPECIALLY WITH O/D ON), WHEN PULLING WITHOUT O/D IS LESS NOTICEABLE, RE ENGAGING OF SPEED BECOMING MORE AND MORE AND ABRUPT AND STEPPED, DANGEROUS AND ANNOYING.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722291May 29, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON, SO I CALLED A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER IN OUR PLACE AND HAVE A CHANGE OIL SERVICE. THE TECH ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT MY FUEL SENSING UNIT IS MALFUNCTIONING AND ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO HAVE AND QUOTED ME A PRICE OF OVER $400.00. I SAID NO BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD THAT AMOUNT. I RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS TYPE PROBLEM HOWEVER IT EXPIRED ALREADY. I CALLED CORPORATE NISSAN AND REQUESTED IF THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY CALLED ME TODAY (5/29/2015) AND TOLD ME THEY CANNOT EXTEND THE RECALL. I THINK THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED BY NISSAN. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER 2006 NISSAN FRONTIER HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS OF THIS TIME (BASED ON THE SEVERAL NISSAN FORUMS I READ ON THE INTERNET.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722342May 29, 2015
AIR BAGS
ON JAN. 3RD. 2013 THE RED AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN OUR 2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WE TOOK IT TO NISSAN AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT. FRONT CRASH ZONE SENSOR "CSZ" THE RED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE TO ALERT THE VEHICLE OPERATOR. MY DAUGHTER HAD LOOKED UP OUR TRUCK ON LINE & FOUND THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THESE AIRBAGS SENSORS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES. WE EVEN HAVE THE RECALL LETTER & STILL THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING. THE MAN THAT WORKS OR WORKED FOR NISSAN IN MELBOURNE , FLORIDA , WHEN I TOLD HIM MY DAUGHTER HAD FOUND THE RECALL ON LINE , HIS SMART REMARK WAS, " YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET, YOU CAN EVEN FIND SANTA CLAUS IF YOU LOOK". WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANYTHING DONE AS OF THIS DATE. MAY 29, 2015. WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH NISSAN"S MAIN OFFICE , MANY TIMES. THE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,400 AT THE TIME.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722059May 28, 2015
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO PUT INTO GEAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN COLD. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID SOMETHING MUST HAVE SPILLED DOWN BY THE SHIFTER LINKAGE. I AM THE ONLY DRIVER, AND I DO NOT THINK THAT WAS THE CASE, BUT COULD NOT BE ABSOLUTELY SURE. I AM ONLY SUBMITTING THIS, BECAUSE I SAW SEVERAL OTHER POSTS WHERE PEOPLE COULD NOT SHIFT THEIR VEHICLES OUT OF PARK, NISSAN WOULD NOT HELP OUT WITH THE EXPENSE OF REPAIR SINCE THEY WERE OUT OF WARRANTY. ANYONE READING THIS SHOULD THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE PURCHASING A NISSAN. THEY ARE NOT THE HIGH QUALITY VEHICLES THEY WERE AT ONE TIME.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721803May 27, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEPT., 2014, AND MAY 2015. MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. WARRANTY EXPIRED IN JANUARY, 2015. PROBLEM IS A FAULTY A/C CLUTCH. UNFORTUNATELY, CLUTCH AND COMPRESSOR ARE ONE UNIT. NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA SAID NISSAN DEALER HAD TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM FOR THEM TO MAKE A DECISION, SINCE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I DID SO, AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP, SINCE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. NISSAN IS NOT THE NISSAN OF YEARS AGO. POOR QUALITY, POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. DO NOT GET STUCK LIKE ME. DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE BUYING.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721548May 26, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE I WAS DRIVING I FELT A HEAVY VIBRATION WHILE SHIFTING, AND ACCELERATING, ABRUPT STALLING, AND SHUDDERING NOISES. IT WAS SO DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROAD WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR IMMEDIATELY ON A VEHICLE THAT HAD ONLY 53,452 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721317May 25, 2015
POWER TRAIN
NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN 2005-10 FRONTIER, PATHFINDER, AND XTERRA VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS HAVE AN INTERNAL CRACK ON THE OIL COOLER TUBE MAY OCCUR LEADING TO INTERNAL LEAKAGE OF ENGINE COOLANT. THIS DEFECT HAS DESTROYED MY TRANSMISSION AND MANY OTHER CONSUMERS' TRANSMISSIONS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS WHICH HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST NISSAN. NISSAN OFFERED CUSTOMERS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE RADIATORS FOR VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES, BUT NEVER ADDRESSED THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES, WHICH RANGE FROM $4000-6000 TO REBUILD. I REALIZED I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ON HWY 98 IN FLORIDA, WHERE ONCOMING TRAFFIC IS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHILE I WAS MAKING THE TURN AND WAS NEARLY T-BONED BY TWO ONCOMING VEHICLES. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THESE VEHICLES. NISSAN IS PUTTING CONSUMERS LIVES IN DANGER AND COSTING HARD-WORKING AMERICANS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY BY NOT RECALLING THESE VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717575May 21, 2015
AIR BAGS
SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH NO IMPACT OF VEHICLE. NISSAN CLAIMED THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN ANGLE THAT REQUIRED THE BAGS TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE IS A 4X4 TRUCK AND WAS NOT AT ANY ANGLE THAT REQUIRED THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. SPEED WAS 10MPH ON A FLAT DIRT ROAD. EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 9000 MILES THE $4500.00 WAS NOT COVERED UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717880May 21, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY GAS GAUGE DROPPED TO 1/4 THEN WENT TO EMPTY WITH LIGHT ON NOW IT WON'T MOVE AT ALL
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717540May 20, 2015
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY STAYS ON, ACCORDING TO MANUAL IT MEANS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYING IN A ACCIDENT, CALLED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS AND THEY WANT $125.00 TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. TO ME THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED FOR FREE BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717267May 19, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
2007 NISSAN FRONTIER WITH 140,000 MILES STARTED VIBRATING AND SEEMED SLUGGISH WHEN ACCELERATING. I TOOK TO FIRESTONE THINKING MAYBE IT NEEDED TUNE UP. COME TO FIND OUT TRANSMISSION IS THE ISSUE. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD TO REPLACE FUEL SENSOR WHEN NISSAN REFUSED TO PAY. I WAS OVER THE MILEAGE BY 2000 MILES FOR RECALL. NOW I HAVE READ ABOUT ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION AND ONCE AGAIN NISSAN REFUSING TO FIX PROBLEMS. NISSAN SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THESE ISSUES. I WILL NOT OWN ANOTHER NISSAN!!! MY BROTHER ALSO HAD A 2009 FRONTIER WITH THE FUEL SENSOR ISSUE AND NISSAN WOULD NOT PAY TO FIX. NISSAN KNOWS THIS ISSUES IS OCCURRING OVER THE 100,000 MILES AND KNOW THEY HAVE DEFECTIVE PARTS ON VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717355May 19, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL GAUGE FAILS TO REGISTER PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL, TRIGGERS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (MIL) AND REPORTS TROUBLE CODE SHOWING OPEN CIRCUIT IN FUEL SENSOR SYSTEM. THIS FAILURE REQUIRES ME TO WATCH MILEAGE BY USING TRIP ODOMETER TO MONITOR WHEN TO PURCHASE FUEL. COULD ALSO CAUSE FAILURE OF EMISSIONS TEST AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. THIS WOULD BE AN UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL BURDEN TO FIX AS WELL AS HAVING A FAILURE OF THE EMISSIONS TEST BASED ON THE FUEL SENDING UNIT NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND NOT FROM EXCESSIVE EMISSIONS OR OTHER EMISSIONS CONTROL PARTS. EMISSIONS TESTS ARE $50-70 PER ATTEMPT WITH DYNO RUNS. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR IS $5-750.00 FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW 7/07 WITH 50 MILES ON IT AS IT WAS DELIVERED FROM ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. CURRENTLY HAS 61,000 MILES. VEHICLE RUNS PERFECT OTHERWISE. WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO AT LEAST SEND THE REPLACEMENT PART (@ $250).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717038May 18, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO MY TRANSMISSION, KILLING THE TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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